Solent Students' Union

Registered charity 1153350 Registered since 2013

Operates: Hampshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Mihaela Spirova since 2022
Mohammad Galib since 2025
Mohandas Jeyakumar since 2024
Philip James Kloppenborg since 2024
Sanidhya Shetty since 2024

2.2y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Mihaela Spirova since 2022
Mohammad Galib since 2025
Mohandas Jeyakumar since 2024
Philip James Kloppenborg since 2024
Sanidhya Shetty since 2024

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 3Other services 1

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£670k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.3 in 2021

13 from 15 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.solentsu.co.uk
Email	SUPRESIDENT@SOLENT.AC.UK
Phone	02380319873
Address	SOLENT STUDENTS' UNION, EAST PARK TERRACE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 0YN

Finances

£670,436 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£597,232	£516,896
2022	£660,243	£608,343
2023	£628,550	£695,821
2024	£690,296	£727,734
2025	£670,436	£635,062

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE UNIONS OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY;- PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;- PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS;- BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND- PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CONTACT AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS IN ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR INTERESTS AS STUDENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONALITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, DISABILITY OR AGE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/2013 as amended on 12 Mar 2020

Trustees (5)

5trustees

32median age

0aged 70+

Mihaela Spirovaage band 40-44 since 2022
Mohammad Galibage band 25-29 since 2025
Mohandas Jeyakumarage band 30-34 since 2024
Philip James Kloppenborgage band 30-34 since 2024
Sanidhya Shettyage band 25-29 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Solent Students' Union · 08619653 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/07/2013

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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